APPLE TV+'S 'SILO' IS A LOOK AT A FUTURE OF LIFE UNDERGROUND

Dystopian storytelling goes underground this month with the arrival of Apple TV+'s "Silo," a gripping, ambitious tale of Earth's last population living far below the surface

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Something terrible has happened to make the environment toxic so 10,000 people are hiding out in a massive, mile-deep underground silo until it's safe to come out. They grow food, maintain a huge generator for power and recycle everything.

But there's also a sense of dread down here, too, and secrets, mysteries and suspicious murders. What exactly happened to the Earth? What is this talk about a rebellion 140 years ago? Where are all the books? Can we trust what the government is saying? "Life in the silo in many ways is pretty good.

They're part of this cause, which is basically just to stay alive until the day that it is safe to go outside. So they feel that they've got this common mission," says creator and showrunner Graham Yost.

"Bu you just get a sense that there's been a slight eugenic program to try and breed out curiosity, independence, obstreperousness — all those nasty human things. And you also get the sense that that's not going to succeed." One of those rebelling is the 10-part series' heroine, a woman named Juliette, an engineer with a tragic childhood who seeks answers about the silo. She's played by Rebecca Ferguson, who says she was drawn to the work by its complexity.